Barcelona FC Unveil New "Nou Camp" Designs

The first images have been released of Norman Foster’s designs for the £175m redevelopment of the Nou Camp stadium in Spain, home to Barcelona football club.

The Nou Camp currently seats 98,000, with the new design hoping to increase that to a capacity of 106,000. Foster was inspired by ‘trencadis’, a mosaic style consisting of broken tiles used by Antoni Gaudi.

It will also be given a retractable roof, supported by cables, which Lord Foster described as a "flexible, sustainable and ecological solution". The exterior, made of a mixture of polycarbonate and glass panels, will be able to change colour, allowing the outside of the stadium to be used for light displays at night or as a giant TV screen.

Construction work will begin in 2009 and is due to be completed by the start of the 2011-2012 season.